Locking hairpin



April 5, 2- J. J. KLAVON 1,852,931

LOCKING HAIRPIN Filed May" 21, 1950 INVENTOR ATTORNEY 25 a barrette.

Patented: A pn 1932.

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JAMES 'J'.KLAVON,OE PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. f

LOGK-iNG HAIRPIN Application filed May. 21,

This inventionirela'tes to hairp and has I for an object the provision of means for conveniently and effectually locking the pin without injury to the hair, the locking means 5 employed being such that it may be manipulated either to lock or unlock the pin, with three fingers of one handg Another object of the invention is the provision of means for. guiding the'pin when the latter is being inserted into thev hair, to

keep the ends of the legs from contact with,

the scalp,the means provided for thispurpose also acting to facilitate the locking and unlocking operations, as well. as to take care of a large volume of hair. adjacent the lock, which hair might materially interfere with the locking action, and might be broken or injured by being pinched between the legs of the pin.

' Another object of the invention is the pros vision of a hairpin,'which inaddition to pos sessing the above and other advantageous features, may be made for'use as an invisible hairpm; a hair curler OI' llZtlI waver, or es With the above and other objects inview, the invention furtherincludes the following novel features and details of construction,-to

. be hereinafter more fully described, illus- 39 trated' in the accompanying drawings and:

pointed out in the appended claim.-

In the drawings Figure 1 is an edgeview of a hairpin con structed in 'accordance'withthe invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view. 7 Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the pin, which" may be constructed of any suitable resilient material,

and26.' -1 The leg 25 is provided with an extension 44:

and the corrugations of the legs overlap one another and provide' a substantially flat sureither round or flat, comprises a pair of legs 1930. Serial; N0.- 454,476.

When inserting the pin, the legs are sepa- V rated, the pin'being held between'theindex finger and thumb. The ofiset portion, of the leg 25 will slide over the scalp so that the 6X: tremity of this leg will be spaced from the scalp. When the pinhas been properly positioned, the outer end of the leg 26 is pressed downward with the forefinger, so that the ex; tremity 4A of the leg 25 will snap into the seat 45.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor" details of construction and the right isherein reserved to make-such changes as properly fall within the scope of-the appended claim.

Having described the invention what is claimed is g I A hair pin comprising a pair of integrally I connected legs each bent to provide a plurality of corrugations and the corrugations of one leg extending in opposite directions vto the corrugations of the other leg and arranged "in staggered relation to each other,

one of said legs at its free end bent to form a e hook disposed laterally of the respective leg 7 a and adapted to receive the other leg adjacent its free end, and an offset portion formed in one ofthe legs adjacent thefree end thereof and disposed in a plane laterally of the hook and adapted to prevent said ends of the legs from contacting with the scalp of a person when inserting the legs in the hair and per: mitting the accommodation: of surplus hair confined between the legs when the latter are fastened together. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

1 JAMES J. KLAVON.

face. Thisresist tendency of the pin to turn, 7 r

a as would be the case if the legs of the pin ere not corrugated in this manner. 

